Editing Hildr

{{Short description|Norse mythical character (valkyrie)}}
{{For|the 9th century skald|Hildr Hrólfsdóttir}}
[[File:Hild and Hjadningavig on Hammars (I).JPG|right|thumb|A detail from the [[Stora Hammars stones|Stora Hammars I stone]], a [[picture stone]] on [[Gotland]].]]
[[File:Hildr and Hjadningavig on Smiss (I).JPG|right|thumb|A detail from the Smiss (I) stone, an [[image stone]] on [[Gotland]].]]

In [[Norse mythology]], '''Hildr''' ([[Old Norse]] "battle"<ref name=ORCHARD192>Orchard (1997:192).</ref>) is a [[valkyrie]]. Hildr is attested in the ''[[Prose Edda]]'' as Högni's daughter and Hedin's wife in the ''[[Hjaðningavíg]]''. She had the power to revive the dead in battlefields and used it to maintain the everlasting battle between [[Hedin and Högni]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorku.ca/inpar/hogni_eirikr.pdf|title=The tale of Hogni and Heginn|access-date=28 March 2023|website=yorku.ca}}</ref>

Hildr is also mentioned along with other valkyries in ''[[Völuspá]]'', ''[[Darraðarljóð]]'' and other [[Old Norse poetry|Old Norse poems]]. The Old Norse word ''hildr'' is a common noun meaning "battle" and it is not always clear when the poets had the valkyrie in mind, as a personification of battle.

== Citations ==
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== General and cited references ==
* [[Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur|Brodeur, Arthur Gilchrist]] (transl.) (1916). ''The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson''. New York: [[The American-Scandinavian Foundation]]. ''Available online [https://books.google.com/books?id=_T1cAAAAMAAJ at Google Books]''.
* [[Finnur Jónsson|Jónsson, Finnur]] (1931). ''Lexicon Poeticum''. S. L. Møllers Bogtrykkeri, København.
* Orchard, Andy (1997). ''Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend''. [[Orion Publishing Group|Cassell]]. {{ISBN|0-304-34520-2}}

== External links ==
* {{Commons category inline|Hildr}}

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